Daily Quiz #699
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 17 December 2010
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Q1.
Who organised an Arab revolt against the Turks and wrote "The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom" about his experiences?
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Q2.
The "A" in "AGM" stands for what sort of General Meeting?
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3
Q3.
Who did Johnny Depp play in the film "Public Enemies"?
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Q4.
An Australian needs a passport to enter which of these areas?
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Q5.
Hideki Yukawa, the first to postulate the existence of particles in an atom of less mass than a proton and greater mass than an electron, was the first Japanese person to do what in 1949?
Note: This question was updated in March 2017
A
Walk across the continental USA
B
Appear on the "Fear Factor" TV series
C
Fly an aeroplane through the sound barrier
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Q6.
Small coloured dots on a squash ball indicate its "bounciness". Which colour, introduced in 2000, is the international competition standard?
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Q7.
In which country was "The Tunguska Event" on 30 June 1908, believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment of 5-10 kilometres (3-6 miles) above the Earth's surface?
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